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plain - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" |
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dry land,
solid ground,
terra firma,
earth,
ground,
land the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth"
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flat scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
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flood plain,
floodplain a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
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llano an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)
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moorland,
moor open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
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peneplain,
peneplane a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
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snowfield a permanent wide expanse of snow
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steppe extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
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tundra a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
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plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
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fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
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simple unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
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unadorned,
undecorated not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction
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unrhetorical not rhetorical
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unpretentious lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor"
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austere,
stern,
stark,
severe of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
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mere,
simple,
bare unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
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chaste morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"
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dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
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dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
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featureless lacking distinguishing characteristics or features; "the featureless landscape of the steppe"
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homely lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
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inelaborate,
unelaborate not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail
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literal without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"
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simple unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
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tailored,
trim severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"
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vanilla plain and without any extras or adornments; "the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond"; "the basic car is known as the vanilla version"
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plain - lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" |
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bare,
spare,
unembellished,
unornamented |
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unadorned,
undecorated not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction
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plain - lacking patterns especially in color |
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unpatterned |
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patterned having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
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solid-colored,
solid-coloured having the same color all over
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plain - not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" |
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sheer,
unmingled,
unmixed |
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pure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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plain - free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" |
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unvarnished |
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direct lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
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